Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 90,889 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 90,889 An for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Papua New Guinea peaked at 132,499 An in 1979 and was at its lowest, 21,082 An, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 145th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,082 An | — |
| 1962 | 24,583 An | +16.6% |
| 1963 | 29,129 An | +18.5% |
| 1964 | 33,503 An | +15.0% |
| 1965 | 39,849 An | +18.9% |
| 1966 | 44,156 An | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 50,026 An | +13.3% |
| 1968 | 59,314 An | +18.6% |
| 1969 | 66,598 An | +12.3% |
| 1970 | 76,094 An | +14.3% |
| 1971 | 84,742 An | +11.4% |
| 1972 | 96,128 An | +13.4% |
| 1973 | 106,945 An | +11.3% |
| 1974 | 119,967 An | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 125,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 131,596 An | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 131,500 An | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 131,476 An | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 132,499 An | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 129,000 An | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 128,264 An | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 123,000 An | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 122,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 120,000 An | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 117,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 116,000 An | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 105,000 An | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 100,600 An | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 100,000 An | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 99,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 98,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 96,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 94,000 An | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 93,000 An | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 90,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 88,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 87,000 An | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 86,000 An | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 87,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 87,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 88,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 89,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 90,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 91,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 92,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 93,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 94,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 94,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 94,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 94,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 93,000 An | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 94,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 93,000 An | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 93,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 92,905 An | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 92,833 An | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 92,673 An | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 92,405 An | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 92,166 An | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 91,903 An | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 91,591 An | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 91,355 An | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 91,119 An | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 90,889 An | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,916 An | 21,082 An | 66,598 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 113,595 An | 76,094 An | 132,499 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 116,086 An | 100,000 An | 129,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,800 An | 86,000 An | 99,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,200 An | 87,000 An | 94,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,998 An | 92,166 An | 94,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,371 An | 90,889 An | 91,903 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 17.02 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.02 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Papua New Guinea?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Papua New Guinea was 90,889 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 132,499 An in 1979.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,082 An in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 145th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.